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Meanings of more dexterous in English

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Usage of more dexterous in English
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That didn't just make him stronger; it made him more dexterous as well.
Arcanum Unbounded
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The mountebanks and merry-andrews appeared more dexterous and more humorous.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Province...
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No trained nurse could have given her more dexterous attention.
The Knave of Diamonds
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It is hard to tell whether they are more dexterous in laying or avoiding ambushes.
Utopia
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Clodius was a second, an abler Catiline, equally unprincipled and far more dexterous and prudent.
Caesar: A Sketch
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He was more dexterous than Prierias, although he also refused a revision of current practices.
Lectures on Modern history
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Verdict: If there's an electronic act more dexterous than Flying Lotus, then send them our way.
The Irish Times
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Did he expend all the powers of his mind to satisfy a jealousy more dexterous than Othello's?
Honorine
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I do not think of hiding from you, holy fathers, that the Phoenicians are more dexterous than Egyptians.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
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Hals had not the poetic vision of Rembrandt, but he possessed a more dexterous hand, a keener eye.
Promenades of an Impressionist
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Others are more dexterous, and with great art will lie on the watch to hook in their own praise.
The Battle of the Books, and other Short Pieces
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If fame speaks true, there is not a more dexterous navigator of the narrow seas than thyself, Master Skimmer.
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
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Minima was more dexterous than I in dressing herself in the dark; but we were not long in getting ready.
The Doctor's Dilemma
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Though he did not look in the least domesticated, he was far more dexterous at such work than the long-fingered Arithelli.
The Hippodrome
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A squirrel is far more dexterous with a nut than a cockatoo; and a dog manages a bone incomparably better than an eagle.
Love's Meinie: Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds
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He was a haughty, upright man, of an impetuous temper-sucha man as often becomes the tool of less courageous but more dexterous intriguers.
The Gracchi Marius and Sulla / Epochs of Ancient History
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